1. htdig includes library .a files in /usr/lib/htdig but ships no headers so the libraries are not actually usable by other applications, so they should not be packaged 2. htdig should link against the system libdb to avoid stuff like bug 133840 and to reduce package size
1. Yep, .a libs will be removed in next update 2. Sounds like a good idea. I'll make a fix to use the system libdb and run some longer tests to make sure eveything works as expected. Problem might be for updates what to do with older databases... Read ya, Phil
OK, point 1 is no problem. I've just spent a couple of hours trying to get rid of the db coming with htdig. The problem is though that they have modified the datastructures to support compressed databases directly in the db code and it's being used a lot in the htword stuff. A major rewrite of the WordDB, WordDBCompress, WordDBPage etc. would be required and would need lots of testing. And that still leaves out the problem with older databases and what to do with them... So i'll be defering point 2 to some later date and contact the htdig folks if they would consider dumping the own version of db and rewriting the htdig to use a standard db as provided by every sane system these days. Read ya, Phil
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-090.html